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Chennai to have India’s first airport moving walkways
India’s first moving walkways in an airport will go into operation at Chennai airport next month. A common feature in most major airports abroad, the moving walkway will connect aerobridges so that passengers can use it to reach the aircraft. It will reduce the distance passengers have to walk inside terminals.
The facility is being installed at a cost of US$1.4 million as part of efforts to enhance passenger amenities and optimise use of infrastructure in the airport. There are five aerobridges in the international terminal and three in the domestic terminal.
Airport director K. Natarajan said, “The facility will be installed in a phased manner and the first unit is expected to be opened by mid-August.” The first stretch of the moving walkway will be useful for passengers using the recently unveiled bus lounge in the passenger terminal. Sources said that the machines would be installed in small stretches along a 300m connecting corridor between terminals so that airport would be able to use all its aerobridges round the clock. There will be two or three moving walkways of roughly 48m, 24m or 30m.
Chennai airport will be the first AAI-owned airport to have the moving walkways. Officials said that private airports may build such facilities in the future. GMR is planning to install moving walkways inside its new T3 terminal building, connecting 74 aerobridges at Delhi airport.
India’s first moving walkways in an airport will go into operation at Chennai airport next month. A common feature in most major airports abroad, the moving walkway will connect aerobridges so that passengers can use it to reach the aircraft. It will reduce the distance passengers have to walk inside terminals.
The facility is being installed at a cost of US$1.4 million as part of efforts to enhance passenger amenities and optimise use of infrastructure in the airport. There are five aerobridges in the international terminal and three in the domestic terminal.
Airport director K. Natarajan said, “The facility will be installed in a phased manner and the first unit is expected to be opened by mid-August.” The first stretch of the moving walkway will be useful for passengers using the recently unveiled bus lounge in the passenger terminal. Sources said that the machines would be installed in small stretches along a 300m connecting corridor between terminals so that airport would be able to use all its aerobridges round the clock. There will be two or three moving walkways of roughly 48m, 24m or 30m.
Chennai airport will be the first AAI-owned airport to have the moving walkways. Officials said that private airports may build such facilities in the future. GMR is planning to install moving walkways inside its new T3 terminal building, connecting 74 aerobridges at Delhi airport.
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